Ike Begins Battering Gulf Coast

Hurricane Ike Hurricane Ike. Image credit: NASA/JPL

September 12, 2008

A monstrously large, extremely dangerous Hurricane Ike is already affecting the Gulf Coast. NASA's Aqua spacecraft took this infrared image early Sept. 12.

For more on Ike, visit NASA's hurricane page at



http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/archives/2008/h2008_ike.html